Abstract:

The aim of this study is to investigate of the emotional abuse perceived by high school students and their beliefs in a just World. In the research, a relational model which obtains information through comparison from quantitative models has been used. The study group of the research consisted of a total of 539 students from 6 different high schools studying at the secondary education level in a medium-sized city center in the Central Anatolia Region in the 2018-2019 academic year. “Personal Information Form”, “Psychological Maltreatment Questionnaire” and “Belief in a Just World Scale” were used for data collection. The data were analyzed using the SPSS 19.0 software. According to the results of the study, a weak negative meaningful relationship is seen between the Psychological Maltreatment Questionnaire and the Belief in a Just World Scale. A negative meaningful relationship is seen between the Psychological Maltreatment Questionnaire and the subscales of General Belief in a Just World and Personal Belief in a Just World of the Belief in a Just World Scale. A negative meaningful relationship is seen between the Belief in a Just World Scale and the subscales of Terrorising, Denying Emotional Reaction, Inclining to Crime and Refusal/Isolation of the Psychological Maltreatment Questionnaire. A negative meaningful relationship is seen between the sub-scales of Terrorising, Denying Emotional Reaction and Refusal/Isolation of the Psychological Maltreatment Questionnaire and the subscales of General Belief in a Just World and Personal Belief in a Just World of the Belief in a Just World Scale. A negative meaningful relationship is seen between the sub-scale of Inclining to Crime of the Psychological Maltreatment Questionnaire and the subscale of Personal Belief in a Just World of the Belief in a Just World Scale. As the level of emotional abuse perceived by high school students increases, the level of belief in a just world decreases.

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